Girls' name · peaked in 1958
Patti name popularity since 1925
44,476 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Patti. Half of them were born in 1958 or earlier, so the typical Patti is about 68 years old in 2026. Patti peaked in 1958 as the #137 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 44,476
- Named Patti, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #14,501 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 44,430 girls · 46 boys
- Most popular in
- Montana
- 2.80× its national share
Peak year is the year Patti made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Patti births per year, 1925–2025
1958 was the biggest year for Patti both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Patti became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 2,930 baby girls to 1 in 925.
- Steepest fall: Between 1972 and 1977, its share of baby girls fell by 65%, from 1 in 4,610 to 1 in 13,300.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Patti's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Patti.
Decade by decade
Babies named Patti in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 344 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 1,542 | 0 | #492 |
| 1940s | 4,478 | 0 | #355 |
| 1950s | 20,604 | 23 | #163 |
| 1960s | 14,338 | 18 | #234 |
| 1970s | 2,366 | 5 | #814 |
| 1980s | 536 | 0 | #2,161 |
| 1990s | 133 | 0 | #7,395 |
| 2000s | 51 | 0 | #15,952 |
| 2010s | 32 | 0 | #15,948 |
| 2020–25 | 6 | 0 | #14,501 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
74.1% of babies named Patti from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Patti is most popular
The index compares Patti's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Patti.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 2.80× | 347 |
| Wisconsin | 2.19× | 1,827 |
| Oklahoma | 1.80× | 992 |
| Minnesota | 1.66× | 1,281 |
| Iowa | 1.51× | 812 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Patti and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Patti (this page) | 44,430 | 1958 |
| Patty | 61,383 | 1959 |
| Pattie | 7,454 | 1880 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Patti's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Patti.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Patti (1958).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data